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VOL. Ill, No. 2. FEBRUARI 1914.

THE STANDERDIZAISHON OV ENGLISH
SPEECH.*

Bi WALTER RIPPMANN.

YY7HOT iz good English speech ? Whot form ov English speech
aut we tu impart in our skuulz ? Whot shood be our atityud
tu dialekt speech ?

Theez kwestionz ar forsing themselvz on our atenshon. The
interest in the spoeken langwij iz bekuming veri keen ; ov this we
hav indikaishonz on everi sied. Dr. Bridges, the Poet Laureait,
haz reesentli isyud a trakt on " The Present State of English Pro-
nunciation," and under hiz auspisez a Sosieti for Pyur English haz
been founded. Mr. Bernard Shaw shoez hiz woented alurtnes bi
prezenting a Profesor ov Fonetiks in hiz Pygmalion. We hav a
Poetri Sosieti that laiz stres on the reeding aloud ov vurs. The
Komiti on English apointed bi the Nashonal Edyukaishon Asoesiai-
shon ov America, in its reesentli publisht report, staits that " aul
ekspreshon in speech demaandz distinkt and natyural artikyulaishon,
korekt pronunsiaishon, the eksersiez ov a sens for korekt and
idiomatik speech, and the yus ov an agreabl and wel manijd vois."

Thair kan be no deniing the tendensi tu yuniformiti, tu a
standerd, in edyukaited speech. We noetis it in the speech ov the
aktor, unles he be talking a dialekt part ; we ekspekt him tu pro-
nouns wurdz in a surtin wai, and he noez (or aut tu noe) that eni
pekyuliaritiz in hiz speech interfeer with our enjoiment. The orator
and lektyurer sumtiemz shoe graiter dievurjens, but hardli ever duz
thair speech kontain veri markt dialekt feetyurz. Eeven in Scotland
and in the United States the ekspeerienst publik speeker wil be
found tu adopt, intenshonali or unkonshusli, a mor or les kloes
aproksimaishon tu the English standerd.

* An Adres deliverd at the Anyual Meeting ov the Simplified Speling Sosieti,
Janyuari 5, 1914.

.18 THE PIONEER.

Prof. Wyld, in the Desember number ov " Modern Language
Teaching," haz shoen veri kleerli hou the Reseevd Standerd, az he
kaulz it, haz developt. He rietli seez an important faktor in the
tendensi tu yuniformiti in our grait bording skuulz, which eksersiez
a leveling inflooens in this and in uther respekts. The tendensi iz
suported bi interkors amung the edyukaited, hu rietli dezier tu avoid
the pronunsiaishon and fraizioloji pekyuliar tu wun distrikt oenli
and hens trublsum tu thoez outsied it. Thai obai the sound prinsipl
that speech best fulfilz its funkshon ov komyunikaiting thaut when
thair iz nuthing in the maner ov specking that distrakts atenshon
from the thauts tu be konvaid.

Amung speekerz ov the " Reseevd Standerd " the points ov

dievurjens ar nouadaiz relativli fyu. Sum diferenshiait w and u~Ii,

^utherz duu not; and the a ov " aanser, aafter, paas," ets., shoez

^ vairiaishonz. Mor important iz the treatment ov r between vouel

^ and konsonant (az in "arm") and fienali (az in "far"). Thair ar

diferensez in the pronunsiaishonz ov the vouelz in unstrest silablz

(e.g. in the endingz -age, -ate, -ness). Thair iz sum unsurtinti az

tu the aksentyuaishon ov long wurdz derievd from Latin (e.g.

" laboratori, obligator! ").

The uther ekstreem iz Dialekt, which remainz fairli pyur in
ruural aireaz, but elswhair iz subjekt, mor or les, tu the inflooens
ov the Reseevd Standerd. This iz espeshali the kais in larj tounz,
whair the diferent soeshal klaasez shoe variing degreez ov aproech
tu the standerd.

It iz obvius that such modifikaishon bi the standerd konstityuts
£*" a graiv dainjer tu the dialekts. Thair vietaliti iz further diminisht
/ bi the prezent speling, which afordz no adekwait meenz ov rekording
the spoeken dialekt, bekauz meni ov our leterz no longer hav staibl
valyuz. In German, which haz a mor fonetic speling, thair iz an
f I ekstensiv dialekt literatyur. Laastli, dialekt suferz from being
--•' ignord or kondemd in our skuulz.

Befor shoing hou the dekai ov dialekt mai be chekt it wil be wel
tu point out that the tendensi tu a Standerd Speech amung the
edyukaited iz groing. Thair woz far les yuniformiti wun hundred
yeerz agoe. Thoez familiar with the kontroversiz that raijd at the
end ov the aiteenth sentyuri and the begining ov the nienteenth
(admirabli delt with in Prof. Lounsbury'z book on The Standard
of Pronunciation in English) ar awair that meni vairiaishonz hav
sins disapeerd. Tu giv a fyu egzaamplz : the aktorz sed " ferce,
perce," whiel in poliet sosieti " fierce, pierce " woz the rekogniezd

STANDERDIZAISHON OV ENGLISH SPEECH. 19

pronunsiaishon. Sheridan, hu roet wun ov the urliest pronounsing /
dikshonariz, apruuvd the pronunsiaishon " sassidge " (Pepys roet in *"
hiz Diari : " Thence to the Greyhound in Fleet Street, and there
drank some raspberry sack and eat some sasages, and so home very
merry"). Walker, hu woz Sheridan'z moest important suksesor,
kondemd " sassidge " az a "vulgar " pronunsiaishon. It woz Walker
hu sed ov the wurd "cucumber" that it " seemz tuu furmli fikst m
the sound ov ' cowcumber ' tu be aulterd"; and ov " asparagus,' V
" The korupshon ov the wurd into ' sparoe-graas ' iz so jeneral that

* asparagus ' haz an air ov stifnes and pedantri." Smart, reviezing
Walker thurti yeerz laiter,apruuvz oenli" cucumber" and asparagus."
Kenrick, in 1773? refurz tu " 'boil' and 'join' and meni utherz, which
it wood nou apeer afekted tu pronouns utherwiez than ' bile ' and

* jine.' " Pope had_maid " join " riem with " mien " and " divien."
Befor long this vairiant yeelded tu the uther pronunsiaishon. For,
a long tiem peepl wer divieded az tu the pronunsiaishon ov " gym-
nastic " and similar wurdz ; sum gaiv the g its prezent valyu, utherz *
pronounst it az in get." In the aksentyuaishon thair woz aulso
grait varieti ; for a tiem " blasphemous, character, contrary " wer
strest bi sum on the sekond silabl, bi utherz on the furst. The poet
Rogers, urli in the nienteenth sentyuri, sez : " The nou fashonabl
pronunsiaishon ov several wurdz iz tu me at leest ofensiv. ' Con-
templait ' iz bad enuf, but ' balkoni ' maiks me sik." The prolongdi ^
diskushonz about the aksentyuaishon ov the wurd " decorous " maikl
amyuzing reeding.

Nou this groing tendensi tu yuniformiti iz a feetyur ov Standerd
Speech which distingwishez it from Dialekt. In dialekts chain j
taiks plais unkonshusli ; in sum mor kwikli than in utherz. The f
kokni speech in the novelz ov Dickens iz veri diferent from that
hurd nou. Standerd Speech iz, mor or les konshusli and suksesfuli,
taut in our skuulz ; it iz prezurvd bi strong soeshal inflooensez. Its
rait ov chain j iz konsekwentli sloe, and wood be stil further redyust '
if we had a rashonal speling that adekwaitli reprezented the soundz, H
and if our teecherz reseevd a beter fonetik training, which wood
enaibl them tu chek deeviaishonz from the standerd which nou paas
unnoetist.

Thair iz no reezon tu asyum that the muuvment tordz yuni- ,
formiti wil be chekt ; everithing points the uther wai. Nor iz it
dezierabl, for Standerd Speech iz esenshal. It iz wonte_d for publik t-
specking, for reezonz that hav been given. Ov kors, this duz not
ekskluud dialekt poetri, draama, ets. It iz wonted for soeshal ^

20 THE PIONEER.

interkors ; meni hav been handikapt in thair kareer thru faulti

£, speech. It iz wonted for teeching. Good literatyur maiks its

graitest apeel when it iz wel red aloud ; indeed, reeding aloud afordz

(a test, not oenli ov the reeder'z aprehenshon ov the meening and
byuti ov a pasij, but ov the rieter'z stiel. It iz the teecher'z dyuti
tu reed aloud wel and tu sekyur good reeding from hiz pyupilz. But
we must render this posibl for the teecher bi maiking it kleer whot
konstityuts " good English speech," and bi helping him tu under-
/ stand the difikultiz ov hiz pyupilz. I beleev that, befor long, everi
\jri Edyukaishon Authoriti wil arainj for whot I mai kaul a lingwistik
| ' survai ov its distrikt. The rezults wood be embodid in a litl hand-
i^/ /book giving the main feetyurz ov the loekal pronunsiaishon and
Ivokabyulari. This wood be an invalyuabl aid tu the teecher, and
wood stimyulait hiz interest in loekal speech. Okaizhonali the
i pyupilz wood be kauld upon tu repeet a sfori in dialekt aafter teling
i it in standerd speech. Dialekt vurs and proez wood be kolekted,
£and sum tiem wood be found for it in the English Literatyur leson.
The teeching ov English iz not konfiend tu theez ielandz. In
Australia, in Canada, in South Africa inkreesing atenshon iz being
paid tu spoeken English, and that inevitabli leedz tu the kwestion,
Whot form ov English shal we teech ? In the United States the
problem iz aulso arouzing wiedspred interest, and thair tuu " korekt
speech " rekwierz tu be deriend. The English langwij iz rapidli
gaining in popyulariti amung forinerz ov everi nashonaliti ; and
again we ar faist with the kwestion, \Vhot iz the pronunsiaishon ov
English ?

We^ need a jenerali aksepted Standerd ov Speech aulso, in order
that we mai hav a rashonal speling ; and a rashonal speling, in order
that we mai rekord and prezurv the standerd speech. This haz
s tysen ekselentli staited bi Prof. Lounsbury in the konkluudinft paiiez
ov hiz book on The Standard of Pronunciation in English, from
which the foloing pasij iz taiken :

Thair kan never egzist that infalibl gied for huuz apeerans we ar aul
^ longing until the speling ov everi English wurd kariz with it its oen pronun-
siaishon. Eeven then the vairiaishon ov aksent must kontinyu tu shoe itself,
thoit wil be redyusttu the loest posibl limits. . . . Long and ruf iz the roed
that must be traveld befor eni such rezult kood be reecht in a langwij liek
ourz, which enjoiz and rejoisez in the distinkshon ov being the moest
barbarusli speld oveni kultivaited tung in Christendom. We are weltering
in an orthographik kaios, in which a multityud ov sienz ar reprezented bi
the saim sound, and a multityud ov soundz bi the saim sien. Our rais, az
a rais, haz in konsekwens lost the fonetik sens. Whot kan we hoep for the
^ orthoepi ov a tung in which, for ilustraishon, the short sound ov e found
>^ .in " let " iz reprezented bi ea in " head," bi ay in " says," bi ai in " said,"
' bi ci in " heifer," and bi a in " many " [aulso bi eo in " leopard," bi ic in

STANDERDIZAISHON OV ENGLISH SPEECH. 21

" friend," and bi u in " bury "] ? Or ov the long sound given bi us tu the
saim leter e in " mete," represented bi ea in " meat " or bi ee in " meet " ;
and, furthermor, bi i in "magazine," bi ie in "believe," bi ei in "re-
ceive," bi eo in "people, "and bi ce in "aegis" [aulso bi ey in "key"
and bi ay in "quay"] ? Or taik the sound denoeted bi the diegraaf sh
seen in " shift." It iz reprezented bi ce in " ocean," bi ci in "suspicion,"
bi si in "dimension," bi ti in "nation," bi xi in "anxious," bi sci in
" conscience," bi ch in " machine," and bi s in "sure" [aulso bi ssi in
" passion "J .

The kondishonz ar unfaivorabl on the sied ov the langwij itself ; thai ar
ful az unfaivorabl on that ov the yuzerz ov the langwij. Moest ov us luv
our prezent orthografi — luv it for its unkuuthnes, its barbarusnes^its un-
fitnes tu duu the wurk for which orthografi iz prezyumd tu egzist at aul.
We kling with pashonait devoeshon tu its wurst anomaliz. We duu not
meerli shuder at the prospekt ov chainjing a speling which defiez aul
atemts at proper pronunsiaishon [e.g. "victuals, yacht, buoy"], but at
the sujestion ov chainjing wun that in adishon disgiezez 'kompleetli the
derivaishon [e.g. "rhyme, scent, sprightly"], about which in uther
instansez we profes tu be profoundli solisitus. Eeven the petiest aulterai-
shonz in the interest ov a meer mekanik'al yuniformiti [e.g. "diagram,
programme, humour, humorous "] meet with the sturdiest rezistans. On
this hoel subjekt, indeed, thair iz no ignorans so profound and kom-
prehensiv az that which envelops the miendz ov meni men ov leterz, if we
kan juj ov thair degree ov nolej bi the karakter ov thair uteransez. It
rekwierz a far mor enlietend opinion than prevailz yet amung the larj
majoriti ov theez befor we kan look for the sukses ov eni efort tu kauz our'
tung tu aproech eeven remoetli tu the fonetik ekselens ov Italian or
Spanish or German. Yet until that tiem kumz no smaul shair ov our
lievz wil be spent in the profitabl and eksieting okyupaishon ov konsulting
dikshonariz, in the eekwali profitabl and eksieting diskushon ov par-
tikyular wurdz, and in airing our opinionz and delivering our desizhonz
upon points about which wun thuroeli edyukaited man iz az good an
authoriti az anuther, and noebodi iz an authoriti at aul.

Theez wurdz wer pend ten yeerz agoe. If Prof. Lounsbury wer
rieting nou, he wood adopt a mor hoepful strain r realiezing that
eeven the man in the street iz bekuming aliev tu the importans ov
good speech. The tiem haz kum for us tu establish a Standerd ov
English Speech and poot an end tu the unsurtinti and the miskon-
sepshonz with which moest ov us ar aflikted. It haz bekum
kustomari for the speeker ov English hu priedz himself on hiz pro-
nunsiaishon tu dezignait eni deeviaishon from hiz pursonal standerd
az "kokni." This iz reali tuu simpl a wai ov geting oever the
difikulti.

The standerd that we rekwier wil, in the main, be baist on the
best prezent vuzii, which needz tu be deturmittd .mor kairfuli than
haz so far been the kais. It shood be az pleezing eesthetikali az we
kan maik it. That impliez not oenli that it shal be distinkt (which
duz not meen that we shood giv up such manifest simplifikaishonz
az ar found in " handkerchief, castle, knee, condemn "), but that it
shal be harmonius. The produkshon ov the vois, the baisis ov
artikyulaishon must aliek be konsiderd. Meni dialekts ar dis-

22 THE PIONEER.

kwolified from ranking az Standard Speech not so much on akount

ov individyual soundz az bekauz the maner ov prodyusing the vois

iz faulti. The standerd wil be, let us hoep, a fiener instrooment for

I soeshal interkors and for literari purposez than eni egzisting form

, 1 ov speech.

Hou iz this iedeal tu be ataind ? We hav no Akademi kom-

x^ parabl tu the French Akademi — and that haz never dun enithing

for the pronunsiaishon. We hav a Roial Sosieti ov Literatyur,

x^which shoez the saim unwilingnes tu fais this problem. We must

^Jturn tu the Bord ov Edyukaishon.

Wei mai we duu so ; for it iz a mater ov syupreem interest for
the teecher. Bad speech in our skuuiz bringz with it meni dis-
advaantijez. The Bord ov Edyukaishon haz isyud direkshonz for
the pronunsiaishon ov Latin. (The mater woz diskust at the laast
Hed Maaster'z Konferens, which gaiv riez tu a korespondens in the
Pres : and meni ov the leterz shoed that fonetiks iz stil the subjekt
on which peepl ar redi tu rush intu print without pozesing the moest
elementari nolej.) The Bord ov Edyukaishon haz dun much tu
enkurij the yus ov fonetiks in the teeching ov French and German.
Shuurli the tiem haz kum when we mai urj it tu taik up the pro-
nunsiaishon ov English.

Thairfor we urj the Bord ov Edyukaishon tu sumon a Konferens
on Standerd Speech, reprezentativ ov the English-specking wurld ;
a Konferens not oepli Imneftria.], but Anglo- American. Hou kood
we mor fitli selebrait the Hundred Yeerz ov Pees than bi such
yunieted endevor tu establish good English speech on a furm
foundaishon ?

A BREEF REPORT OV THE YEER 1913.*

~TU parsel 365 daiz intu the spais ov fifteen minits, mi aloted span on this pro-
gram, iz raather liek triing tu get the Pyramidz intu wun'z napsak. From the
top ov Harrow Hill, it iz sed, yu mai get a glims ov thurteen kountiz, seing them
in no deetail, but in wun sweep ov suni landskaip. Perhaps this report mai be a
Harrow Hill, ofering yu a vizhon ov the rainj and komprehensivnes ov our
wurk, oenli that insted ov thurteen kountiz yu must imajin the hoel ieland
tu kumpas yu.

Furst ov aul, the Book ov Numberz. Peepl ar stil apt tu think that strength
dwelz in arithmetik. "And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoekt David
tu number Israel." Houever, we submit tu the test. At the begining ov 1912
•the membership ov the Sosieti stood at about 500 ; at the begining ov 1913
it woz 871 ; tudai it iz 1953. And let me ad that the moest ov them ar not

* Given bi the Sekretari, Mr. SYDNEY WALTON, at the Anyual Meeting on
Jan. 8, 1914.

A BREEF REPORT OV THE YEER 1913. 23

pasiv, but aktiv, memberz, gathering around them in thair oen senterz litl
koloniz ov eeger foek tu be a liet untu the Gentiles, or, if yu wil, and az Thackeray
haz it, tu plaant aikornz whairever thair iz a bit ov vaikant ground. I rekaul
raeni hu bi pursonal perswaizhon and bi publik preesept hav multiplied the loekal
membership. Perhaps this iz the plais tu sai that our gospel groez bi a mor
intimait aposlship than pamfleteering. Tu ilustrait. A Liverpool solisitor ^X
adresez a meeting in hiz siti. Never, bi the wai, woz thair a beter breef sins
argyument began. Twenti peepl ar prezent, ten join the Sosieti. Prof. *
Rippmann invaidz Chester. In the aafternuun he adresez a meeting ov
teecherz, in the eevening the styudents ov the Training Kolej. Whot I kaul
hiz " bag " woz forti-tuu memberz for the dai. Not bad for a katheedral siti —
for sport oever ekleeziastikal prezurvz. The fakt iz that meni kuming tu theez
lektyurz tu behoeld a " krank " ar sturd with wunder bi the reezonablnes and
wizdom — and I wood sai the winsumnes— ov hiz apeel, and it kumz tu paas that
thoez hu went tu skof remaind tu pai, for aul theez memberz ar paiing memberz.
Thai hav given the asent ov the purs, and yu mai hav an iedea ov the ekselensj >
ov our evanjel \\hen it penctraits beyond miend and hart intu that mor stubornl
reejon ov man'z berqgj

I wish I kood hav sumond befor yu in konvinsing proseshon this aafternuun
the tuu thouzand hu hav given aleejans tu this kauz. That march ov witnesez
heded bi Prof. Gilbert Murray and Mr. Bryce (I selekt Mr. Bryce bekauz he iz
alfabetikali neer the hed ov a long list ov distingwisht Vies-Prezidents), in-
kluuding, I woz going tu sai, peerz and ploumen, and it iz literali truu,
kompriezing yunivursiti profesorz and mistresez ov kindergarten, witnesez asembld
from everi part ov this land, and with a sprinkling ov Eesternz hu reprezent the
dum apeel ov India. This kumpani, I sai, splendid and unaanserabl, iz the lojik
ov the Sosieti 'z short lief. If yu wood alou me tu ad the inyumerabl thouzandz

ov children in the skuulz . But the room iz groing tuu smaul.

Nou the ietinerari ov the yeer — the Book ov Exodus. I fiend that I hav
konfyuzd the saikred order — the Book of Numfcerz shood hav kum laiter, not
furst. Dyuring the yeer a round hundred lektyurz hav been given, from Bangor
in the West tu Lowestoft in the Eest and from St. Andrews in the North
tu Portsmouth in the South. We wood aknolej heer the hospitaliti ov loekal
braanchez ov the N.U.T., the P.N.E.U., and utherz hu hav invieted our
speekerz tu thair rostrumz, tu fiend, not without amaizment, that the subjekt iz
not drie az sumer'z dust.

"Not harsh and krabed, az dul fuulz supoez, \ ..

But myuzikal az iz Apollo'z luut."

Prof^RrDDmam^ , in partikyular, haz been thruout the yeer sakrifishal ov hiz
tiem"TTadresing meetingz ov teecherz, and I am toeld with a yunanimus vois
that hiz vizits hav been amung the moest delietful the minit book haz ever
rejisterd. Nyu landskaips ov thaut hav been unfoelded, and in himself the
lektyurer haz pruuvd that speling reviezerz ar not a drie-az-dust foek, but hav in
them gooclli mezher ov the juus and laafter ov lief. And I kan ashuur yu that
iz no sliet ministri when wun rememberz the akyumulaited " krankishnes " which
haz gatherd about the subjekt, so that it aulmost kaim tu be regarded az a tiep
ov intelektyual vejetairianizm insted ov, whot it reali iz, an aspiering aafter the
best in edyukaishon .

At sum ov theez meetingz a rezoluushon apruuving intelijens in speling haz
been propoezd and karid spontaineusli, but for the moest part the seed haz been
left in fruutful soil, left in its oen enerji tu peers a wai tu bud and bluum. Yu
mai sai : " Shuurli it iz kariing koelz tu Newcastle tuadres teecherz on Simplified
Speling." I sumtiemz think ov Fra Lippo Lippi :

" For: doen't yu mark, we'r maid so that we luv
Furst when we see them painted, thingz we hav paast
Perhaps a hundred tiemz nor kaird tu see."

J We teechfirz. ar jproen tu akgept az part ov the edyukaishonal yunivers the

X rityuaT'which hl^Hamf doun tu us, and bekauz it iz komonplais never tu

breeth a chalenj intu its fais nor whisper a heresi for which a pilori iz bill

akros the street, Wun part ov our dyuti iz tu shoe tu teecherz themselvz that

\ ! W

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x^

• the kramping konvenshon ov speling iz no mor than a konvenshon, periwigd tho
Jit be, and the sutl kompliment we pai them iz this, naimli, that in thair handz
Vlthe pouer liez, if thai wil oenli yuz it, tu hav anuther kustom substityuted which
jshal be twin bruther tu reezon. It iz thairz tu sai that the everlaasting burning
doun ov houzez iz tuu big a pries tu pai for roest pig ! Mai I trespas beyond
the strikt limits ov this report tu sujest that the trajedi iz that teecherz hav
aksepted the pozishon ov survants in thair Ben houshoefd when thai shood
be lordz in it. The komedi izj laafter being nekst-dor naibor tu teerz, that
selerz ov tee and nSSe^^vTuumstoenz, ekselent thingz in thair wai, kauling
themselvz a Loekal Edyukaishon Authoriti, sit in jujment upon materz which
if thai ar not in the teecher'z provins ar in no man'z. Dyuring the yeer
Edyukaishon Komitiz in Lancashire, in Nottingham, in Leicester, and in
Gloucestershire hav had set debaits and hav wept dramatik teerz upon the
neglekt ov the saikrid eksersiez ov unenlietend speling. I oenli wish Charles
Dickens had been prezent with rekording pensil tu ad tu hiz galeri ov myuni-
sipal skechez in which the Maior ov Cloisterham apeerz, the Maior tiu in
biz oen domisiel iz karakteristikali atended bi hiz portrait, hiz ait-dai klok. and
liiz wether glaas. "Karakteristikali bekauz he wood uphoeld himself against
jnankiend, hiz wether glaas against wether, and hiz klok against tiem." When
the speling klok iz out ov geer, with theez jentlmen, the tiemz ar sadli out ov
joint. Whot if speling iz geting wurs bekauz thair iz les ov ruuteen and mor ov
Tealiti in edyukaishon. ^

Nou tu the Book ov Kroniklz, bi^which I meen the Pres. If the kolumz ov
spais devoeted tu the subjekt ov speling reform in 1913 wer toted up it wood
amount tu hoel nyuspaiperz. I skairsli liek this fakt tu be publik lest editorz
shood begin tu repent ov thair jenerositi. The " Morning Post " kaut the
subjekt intu its enchaanted surkl, Mr. E. B. OsboriTmaiklhg a moest simpathetik
kontribyushon. He jeeniali sed that if speling reform \ver in the pilori, wel
i moest good thingz began thair, and perhaps a pilori woz but the skafolding
i1 bi meenz ov which beter instityushonz roez tu enrich our nashonal lief. The
" Daily Telegraph " printed a long artikl in the nyu speling ; so, tuu, the " Daily
Mail." the " Liverpool Post " printed Mr. Wells'z stori, The Star, in ffie
saim rashonal sknpt, "at" tnT rait ov a kolum a dai for for or fiev daiz, and
the egzaampl woz foloed up and doun the kuntri. The prejoodis ov the pres iz
a faibl, liek the monster that livz in the twieliet ov the paast. We hav been
treeted with shivalri and bountifulnes from John o'Groats tu Land's End, and
I wish tu pai a veri sinseer tribyut tu the pres. The hoel aafternuun wood be
gon wer I tu enter upon a list ov daili paiperz which not oenli in the Yunieted
Kingdom, but in the Empier jenerali, hav publisht enlietend artiklz, not hieding
them in a korner, but giving them the best ov hospitaliti. Nou and again the
t jester iz turnd on, but the oeld gufau iz no mor. The subjekt iz so fasinaiting in

v ' aul its liets and shaidz az tu alyur the man hu, in the Fleet Street slang, haz "a
noez for nyuz." If that march paast ov memberz kood hav taiken plais tudai
yu miet hav rekogniezd mor than wun well noen editor and hav trembld for
tumoroe'z paiper.

Perhaps I mai noet heer the publikaishon ov our oen litl jurnal, THE
PIONEER, which apeerz ten tiemz in the yeer, but taiks a holidai in the sumer
munths — a shiening egzaampl in this respekt tu the hoel pres. THE PIONEER
groez in interest and in surkyulaishon, and I maik boeld tu sai that nowhair els
ar kwestionz ov speech yusij treeted in so plezant and withaul so akyurait a
maner. Az for uther printing, we hav isyud dyuring the yeer leeflets deeling
with aulmoest everi faiz ov argyument pro and con. — the book on Simplified

i Speling, with the sub-tietl An Apeel tu C onion Sens (and having thairfor a
chois, but limited, surkyulaishon), haz run intu its thurd edishon. It iz revyud
in the kurent number ov the "Contemporary." Laast, but not leest, indeed
moest meeningful ov aul the hapeningz ov the yeer, we hav prepaird a Fnrst
Rceder for yus in skuulz, and it iz tu be adopted eksperimentali in wun or mor
senterz in Scotland — that land which liez ahed ov this. Iz the litl book tu be
the stoen which shal enter the brou ov Goliath ?

Mi tiem iz gon and stil I hav Sur Isaac Newton'z feeling ov a boundles
oeshan befor me, streching intu distans. I wonted tu koment on thoez sienz ov

"THE NEW STANDARD DICTIONARY." 25

a revieval ov interest in the spoeken wurd which everiwhair ar begining tu
abound in theez daiz, but thai ar tuu nyumerus, and the elokwent fakt iz,
indeed, simpli that thai duu egzist. We ar begining tu see that the lief iz mor
than raiment ; the oelder standerdz ov onor and disonor ar under chalenj and
revizhon, and the spoeken wurd iz kuming liek a king from long egziel amid the
aklamaishon ov the peepl. "Thair'z a wind on the heeth, bruther." And
bekauz our wurk, thus fragmentarili reported, iz in alians with the best idealz in
edyukaishon, and that groing reverens for the living langwij in alians with the
sun and starz ov the intelektyual kingdom and the forsez which turn wildernesez
intu sumthing mor fruutful, we mai look forwerd tu harvest mor abundant in
this prezent yeer ov grais.

" THE NEW STANDARD DICTIONARY OF
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE."*

IT iz much tu be deplord that Dr. Isaac Funk did not liv tu see the re-isyu ov
* hiz grait "Standard Dictionary," reviezd, amplified, and enormusli im-
pruuvd, in the monyumental volyum nou befor us. The Dikshonari haz a
pekyuliar interest for speling reformerz, inazmuch az it iz the furst tu rekogniez
and admit, on an eekwoliti with the konvenshonal formz, the spelingz re-
komended bi the Simplified Speling Bord. Yet not kwiet on an ekwoliti : tho
" filosofi " iz braketed with "philosophy," we look for it in vain under F — in
order tu fiend it we must turn tu Ph. On the uther hand, "fantom" must be
saut under F, not under Ph — thair we fiend oenli the wurd " phantasm " with a
kros referens tu a list ov sum thurti wurdz from the saim ruut which apeer
under F. Tu hav aimd at absoluut konsistensi in such materz wood hav ment
meer waist ov spais. It wood hav rekwierd kolumz, if not paijez, tu hav given
under F, with kros referensez, aul the wurdz komonli spelt with Ph.

k long paragraaf in the Introdukshon staits the kais for simplifikaishon veri
leerli and sensibli. It thus sumz up the mater :

"The reform must be solvd gradyuali in the elementari skuulz. The
asoesiaishonz that kluster about wurdz ar not transmited from wun
jeneraishon tu anuther. Eech chield akwierz them for himself, and thai
kan be maid tu kluster just az fuli about a good speling az about a bad.
In kountles instansez we hav aktyuali impruuvd upon the orthografik
praktis ov our ansestorz."

It iz not in speling aloen, houever, that The New Standard Dictionary
marks a distinkt advaans in the art ov leksikografi. It iz ful ov nyu and yusful
iedeaz. Wun moest valyuabl inovaishon iz that ov giving under such turmz az
" Arkitektyur," " Karpentri," " Myuzik," ets., lists ov the teknikal turmz yuzd
in konekshon with theez arts and kraafts, aul ov which wil be found in thair
alfabetikal plaisez. Anuther grait buun iz the adopshon ov wun alfabetikal
order for everi wurd, so that wun haz not tu look in separait departments for
proper naimz, jeografikal turmz, and so on. On aul materz ov siens and inven-
shon the Dikshonari iz wunderfuli up tu dait. "Aeronautiks" and "Aiviaishon,"
for instans, ar ilustraited bi tuu paijez ov diagramz, prodyust under the syuper-
vizhon ov Mr. Orville Wright. The ilustraishonz ar profyus and ekselent, meni
ov them being printed in kulorz. Mi oenli objekshon tu the mieti volyum
(neerli 3,000 paijez ov India paiper) iz that it iz tuu fasinaiting. Yu hav everi
fasiliti, in the shaip ov marjinal indentaishonz, wel-arainjd paij hedingz, ets.,
for fiending the wurd yu wont ; but in the kors ov duing so yu ar priti shuur tu
fiend several stil mor interesting wurdz that yu doent wont, and .tu waist yur
tiem in reeding about them. The yus ov the Dikshonari must thairfor be
regyulaited bi strikt moral prinsipl, or it mai eezili bekum a vies.

WILLIAM ARCHER.

* The Waverley Book Co., 7 Old Bailey, London, E.G.

26 THE PIONEER.

AZ UTHERZ SEE US.

C*YU kritisizmz ov eni nashonal instityushon ar mor instruktiv than thoez ov a
reali \vel informd foriner, and fyu men ar beter kwolified tu speek about
the pekyuliaritiz ov a Jangvvij than thoez hu hav been aktivli engaijd in teeching
it. Josd Casadesus, hu, az Profesor ov English at the Komershal Skuul in
Barcelona, pozesez boeth the detacht vyu ov the foriner and the insied nolej ov
the ekspert, haz reesentli kontribyuted an introdukshon on the fonetiks and
gramar ov English tu an important nyu dikshonari which iz in kors ov pub-
likaishon in hiz toun. Aafter a fyu historikal remarks he deskriebz the good
points ov the langwij, and then kontinyuz :

But along with aul theez sturling kwolitiz it haz wun moest seerius
defekt, for the rieting iz not fonetik. Indeed, wun'miet aulmoest klaim
that it iz hieroglifik. Tho wun mai noe a wurd bi eer thair iz no method
or ruul for noing hou tu riet it, and, tho wun mai noe hou tu riet it, thair
iz no ruul for noing hou tu pronouns it. Hens the difikulti, not ov the
pronunsiaishon, az sum avur, but ov the ortholoji or art ov reeding
and ov the orthografi or art ov rieting — arts which we mai verili deklair
tu be non-egzistent at prezent in the English langwij, and which never
kan egzist so long az the prezent sistem endyurz. The rezult iz that in
English dikshonariz eech wurd haz tu be gi^en in tuu waiz — wuns az it iz
riten, wuns az it iz pronounst, . . . and me art ov reeding and rieting
the langwij iz a torment for aul children and forinerz hu hav tu lurn
it, sins thai hav perpetyuali tu konsult the dikshonari on materz ov no
importans.

"On materz ov no importans." The sting ov hiz remarks liez in the tail.
The iedea ov konsulting a dikshonari, eksept for the purpos ov asertaining the
meening ov a wurd, seemz pozitivli grotesk tu a Spaniard ; but we puur English
ar so habityuaited tu the drujeri that we need a foriner tu point out its absurditi
and tu remiend us ov the undeniabl fakt that no Englishman kan tel with
surtinti hou tu pronouns eni wurd which he haz seen riten, but not hurd
spoeken, nor hou tu spel eni wurd which he haz hurd spoeken, but haz not seen
riten. And yet we kaul ourselvz a praktikal naishon.

W. H. THOMPSON.

GLEENINGZ FROM A MODERN MAASTER.

Bi Dr. HENRY BRADLEY.

"THE inflooens ov the riten langwij, eeven at prezent, iz sum chek on the
rapiditi ov chainj ov pronunsiaishon. . . . The benefishal konsurvativ in-
flooens ov orthografi wood be graitli inkreest bi a chainj that wood maik it posibl
tu apeel tu the speling ov a wurd az the standerd ov its korekt pronunsiaishon.

Thair iz yet anuther respekt in which the reform ov English speling on
fonetik prinsiplz wood hav a pouerful, and in the end benefishal, efekt on the
langwij. Wun ov the graivest faults ov English iz whot Jespersen haz aptli
kauld the " undemokratik " karakter ov a larj part ov its literari vokabyulari. A
vaast number ov wurdz that ar freeli yuzd in literatyur ar ailien tu the speech ov
the multityud and fuli intelijibl oenli tu thoez hu ar familiar with the import ov
the Latin or Greek wurdz from which thai ar formd. . . . For sentyuriz meni
ov our English rieterz hav been klasikali edyukaited and hav riten cheefli
for klasikali edyukaited reederz. Hens thai hav not skruupld, when thai wonted
a wurd tu ekspres thair meening, tu invent wun bi anglisiezing a Greek or Latin
word or bi forming a derivativ from it or, again, bi maiking a nyu Greek
or Latin kompound and then anglisiezing that, asyuming that the reeder wood
at wuns rekogniez the intended meening from the etimoloji. (Let me heer
remark that, aultho I am sumtiemz kauld an optimist in mi vyuz ov the ekselens
ov the English langwij, I duu konsider that the rezults ov this praktis ar
deplorabl.) Nou obzurv that for us modernz a Greek or Latin wurd iz priemarili
a sukseshon ov leterz ov the alfabet, not a sukseshon ov soundz, Truu, we duu

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pronouns it aafter a fashon, but stil we feel that the esenshal thing iz the riten
form, not the spoeken wun. . . . Yet the yus ov such wurdz, and stil mor the
praktis ov inventing them freeli for okaizhonal needz, iz a simtom ov dizeez.
A langwij iz not in a helthi kondishon when a larj part ov its literari vokabyulari
kan be purfektli understood oenli bi the aid ov forin tungz. The yunivursal
adopshon ov fonetik speling wood duu sumthing tu free our langwij from its
unnatyural bondij tu the ailien, tu kompel the development ov its naitiv resorsez,
and tu reviev its dekaiing pouerz ov kompozishon and derivaishon.

Thair iz no dout that theez unfonetik feetyurz ov our speling, which hav
thair praktikal valyu for the edyukaited adult, duu ad enormusli tu the difikulti ov
turning tu reed and riet. The waist ov tiem in edyukaishon kauzd bi the wont
ov konsistent relaishon between the riten and the spoeken wurd iz a seerius
eevil which urjentli kaulz for a remedi. Aafter aul, it iz the interest ov the
lurner, not that ov the purson hu haz maasterd aul the difikultiz, that haz the
furst klaim tu konsideraishon.

If thus restrikted tu its proper yus a fonetik alfabet wil be a valyuabl aid in
the teephing ov spoeken az distingwisht from literari English. Ov such teeching
thair haz, in jeneral, been veri litl in our skuulz, and this neglekt haz dun much
tu strengthen the tendensi, aulredi pouerful, tu regard the spoeken tung az a sort
ov aneks tu the r'ten langwij. It iz oenli bi sound fonetik instrukshon that this
falasi kan be korekted. A jeneraishon ov peepl hu had lurnd at skuul tu analiez
korektli the soundz ov speech and tu obzurv hou far and from whot kauzez the
egzisting speling kumz short ov reprezenting the pronunsiaishon wood surtinli
konsider the kwestion ov reform with les ov irashonal prejoodis and graiter insiet
intu the kondishonz ov the problem than iz at prezent komonli tu be found. —
On the. Relations between Spoken and Written Language, with special
reference to English. 1913.

[We kontent ourselvz with kwoeting a fyu pasijiz from this interesting adres.
We propoez tu revyu it kritikali in ournekst number.]

KORESPONDENS.

IV/IR. A. D. WILDE rietli points out that we wer not kwiet korekt in saiing
* ** that the distinkshon between the long and short vouelz in " food " and
"good"' iz never signifikant. He menshonz "full" and "fool," "pull " and
"pool," "wood" and "wooed," "could" and "cooed."

Mr. J. HOGARTH, ov Johannesburg, sendz us the foloing valyuabl leter :

In yuer noets on Mr. Sexton'z leter in laast November'z PIONEER, yu
sai that sum ov hiz points for the impruuvment ov the S.S.S. ar wel
wurth konsidering. I wunder if hiz propoezal for substiteuting 3; for
S.S. ic iz wun ov thoez good points. At eni rait, I hav been investigating
thair merits, and hav kompaird sum 550 wurdz spelt in boeth waiz. Ov
theez oenli 25 had an inishal long i sound, az "ieland, ie, iedea." Mr.
Sexton propoezez tu yuz cy inishali, which wood giv the forms "eyland,
ey, eydea." The S.S. ie iz the beter reprezentaishon, for the veri good
reezon that it vairiz so slytli from the oeld speling that meni peepl wood
never obzurv the diferens. Besydz, wurdz with an inishal long / seem
so feu that it wood be impoezing an unnesesari task upon the publik tu
maik themselvz akwainted with the raather unyuzheual form ey.

The remaining 525 wurdz inkluud 111 which ar aulredi spelt with r
in the oeld speling, az "fly, satisfy." In the S.S. aul theez wurdz ar
chainjd tu ie, whyl in Mr. Sexton'z plan thai remain unaulterd, which
givz tu 3? a grait advantij. Moroever, theez 111 wurdz inkluud 51 ending
in fy, and IS utherz in y, which, when inflekted in the S.S., giv such
formz az "fliing, satisfiing." Tu the averij man theez ii formz wood kauz

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sum trubl, which wood be entyerli avoided by retaining the familiar
speling az "flying, satisfying." Tu eliminait such a larj number from
the S.S. wood in itself be an impruuvment wurth konsidering, espeshali
when it iz realyzd that thai pozes the grait draubak ov sumtymz repre-
zenting eether the long sound ov /, or the short, az in "diing, marling,"
and in "triing, huriing."

The substiteushon ov y wood sweep awai the grait majoriti ov theez
formz, and the feu which wood be left wood hav the singl deuti ov
reprezenting short i, whyl y wood reprezent the long, az in "dying,
mariing," and in "trying, huriing."

Taiking a feu wurdz from the larj number ov 414 stil remaining, we
have "miel, wien, jiant, miezer, tieger, dezier," which akording tu Mr.
Sexton wood be riten az "myl, wyn, jyant, myzer, tyger, dezyer." With
feu eksepshonz, in this larj klas ov wurdz, boeth the ie and y formz difer
mor or les from the oeld speling, and eether method iz bound tu rekwier
sum litl efort on the part ov the publik tu maaster. The leter 3;, houever,
givz a mor stryking and konspikeuus outlyn tu the wurdz, and konse-
kwentli thai wil bekum familiar tu the publik ie suuner than the uther.
Espeshali iz this the kais with wurdz ending in S.S. -ier, az "entier, hier,
lier, fier," which, when riten az "entyer, hyer, Iyer, fyer," seem tu repre-
zent the sound mor vizibli tu the ie. A veri good egzampl ov this iz
seen on paij 134, lyn 16, ov the November PIONEER, whair the wurd
"acwiesing" okurz with a dyeeresis oever the leter c, which maiks the
preseeding i long. If it wer reali intended tu reprezent a long / sound in
this wurd, then hou much mor kleerli it wood hav apeerd tu the averij
ie when riten "acwyesing." The wurd "sienz" (O.S. "signs") aulso iz
eezli konfeuzd with "siens" (O.S. "science"), whyl thai ar kwyt distinkt
az "synz" and "syens." Kompair aulso "kwiet, kwiet" and "kwyt, kwyet."

Aul difthongz and long vouelz ar in the S.S. reprezented by dublets,
sum ov which drop a leter befor anuther vouel. The leter y, being singl,
kannot be redeust, and thairfor such wurdz az "varied, pieti, sobrieti,"
and eleven utherz, apeer az "varyeti, pyeti, sobryeti," ets., without eni
ov the komplikaishonz ov aded dyakritiks or dropt leterz.

The dygraf ie iz veri neumerus, okuring 250 tymz in Wells'z stori ov
The Star. Its remuuval and the substiteushon ov y wood inkreeslejibiliti ;
and the yus ov i being kut doun tu the reprezentaishon ov short soundx
oenli, wood aulso ad tu the graiter simplisiti ov the skeem.

Thairfor I feel konvinst that Mr. Sexton 'z propoezal ov substiteuting
y for ie, eksepting inishali, iz good ; and I am stil wandering, Mr. Editor,
if it iz inkluuded amung yuer good points.

We agree with Mr. Hogarth that thair iz much tu be sed for this yus ov y,
espeshali if it iz desieded tu giv up yu, az he haz dun in hiz leter. The oenli
kais whair it iz liekli tu giv trubl iz in such monosilablz az "myl, wyn, fyt, lyt,"
which wood not be " reedabl at siet " (or " syt ").

The demaandz on our spais again kompel us tu hoeld oever a larj number ov
leterz. If our memberz wil set about recruuting vigorusli this veer, it mai be
posibl tu inkrees the number ov paijez in THE PIONEER — and then we kood
print mor korespondens.

" Aultho tuu bizi just nou tu fiend much tiem tu devoet tu the interesting
kwestionz ov the reform ov English speling, I mai aulredi sai that the atentiv
reeding ov the Skeem ov S.S. woz sufishent tu enaibl me tu reed pasijez in S.S.
without the leest difikulti and riet neerli az eezili a fyu lienz in the nyu speling.
I am thairfor konvinst that, seting apart the meni obvius advaantijez it oferz tu
English peepl, we forinerz kood lurn tu speek and riet English much mor eezili
than iz dun nou. I enkloez a P.O. for mi furst yeer'z subskripshon az asoesiait
member ov the Sosieti, being dezierus ov foloing atentivli the proegres ov the
skeem on foot and wishing it promt and unlimited sukses."

— F. GUIOT, Montpellier, Herault, France.

NOETS AND NYUZ. 29

NOETS AND NYUZ.

The membership ov the Sosieti nou numberz 2100.

WE hav for sum tiem paast rezisted the temtaishon tu poot intu the pilori
groes instansez ov ignorans or prejoodis. We must for wuns maik an
eksepshon : our oeld opoenent, the "New Age" — so kauld lest its vaiporingz be
taiken for seeniel dekai — haz surpaast itself. We kwoet from it, in the meen
garb ov the oeld speling.:

" Against the Professor Skeat, by the way, who used to support the
Society, should be recalled Professor Swete, who prided himself on being
able to enunciate seventy or more distinct vowel sounds in English."

Nou "used to support" sujests that Prof. Skeat subsekwentli seest tu suport,
which iz untruu. Prof. Swete shood ov kors be "Sweet." "He should be
recalled against Prof. Skeat" sujests that he woz opoezd tu speling reform,
which iz luudikrusli untruu. Laastli, hiz skeem ov seventi-tuu vouelz kontainz
meni that duu not egzist at aul in English speech. It iz not liekli that we shal
refur tu this preshus paiper again ; this spesimen ov its kontrovurshal methodz
wil sufies for our reederz .

Az it iz jenerali klaimd that the oenli ekstensivli European langwij that kan
vie with English for the badnes ov its speling iz Modern Greek, it iz interesting
tu noet that atemts at reform ar being maid. We hav reseevd a book on the
subjekt, but, unfortyunaitli, nun ov THE PIONEER staaf ar sufishentli vurst in
the modern form ov the langwij tu pronouns eni opinion on it. Kan wun ov
our reederz asist us ?

BOHEMIA iz anuther kuntri which suferz from an anteek orthografi, andthair,
tuu, thair ar sienz ov rebelion. Dr. A. Frinta riets : "I am hapi tu tel yu that
we ar at prezent organiezing a muuvment for the reform ov our Czech speling,
which, tho far from being az difikult and konfyuzd as yurz, iz, nevertheles, tuu
historik and undemokratik." We shal be interested tu heer hou this muuvment
proseedz.

Tu us puur English Spanish speling seemz the akme ov perfekshon, but, just
az thair ar spots on the sun, so thair ar triefling defekts eeven in Spain. In
South America theez bulk much biger, sins the pronunsiaishon thair haz on sum
points departed konsiderabli from that ov the Peninsyula. Akordingli we fiend
that it iz in Chile that the reform muuvment iz maiking moest hedwai. We hav
reseevd a number ov books in the nyu stiel, but the cheef efekt thai prodyus on
an Englishman iz tu maik him envius at the smaul ekstent tu which thai hav tu
depart from the antikwaited orthografi.

AN ekspeerienst member ov our Sosieti iz ankshus tu heer ov anuther
member — a no vis — hu wood kair tu hav hiz or her eforts egzamind and korekted.
He iz a retierd Sivil Survant, oever siksti-ait yeerz ov aij, marid, with a groen up
famili. On the hoel, he wood prefur tu korespond with a laidi bekauz ov the
dievurjent vyuz ov'that seks. Eni member hu wood kair tu aksept this ofer
iz rekwested tu riet tu the Sekretari.

"A SINONIM iz a wurd yu kan yuz when yu doent noe hou tu spel the wun
yu furst thaut ov." Thair iz fuud for thaut in this definishon reesentli given bi
a skuulboi.

30 THE PIONEER.

IN the kors ov a moest interesting artikl on "The Empier and Speling
Reform," which \ve much regret not being aibl tu giv in ful, Mr. Raghu Nath
riets that wun partikyularli Indian kwestion iz the edyukaishon ov \vimen.
Moest ov theez, he telz us, need no mor than a nolej ov the Hind-Bhasha, which
kan eezili suplie the nesesari literatyur on modern subjekts. But utherz,
amounting tu several milionz at leest. studi three langwijez — (1) the vernakyular,
or muther tung, (2) the Hind-Bhasha or els Sanskrit, and (3) English.

"Wun raather kyurius reezon for studiing the laast, which iz az
amyuzing az it iz sujestiv, iz that the men, having no tiem tu devoet
iether tu thair muther tung or tu the komon langwij, invairiabli relie on
English for thair korespondens, eeven between faather and sun, bruther
and bruther, whiel the midl klaasez in Bombay and uther big senterz riet
eeven thair luv-leterz at tiemz in English. The prezent rieter, for instans,
haz a horor ov yuzing the Indian skript, tho not the Indian tung, and he
haz rairli riten leterz tu hiz muther in hiz oen langwij. It iz not ser-
priezing, under theez surkumstansez tu fiend such advurtizments az
1 Wonted, Wief, nolej ov English prefurd,' amung uther kwolifikaishonz.
It iz for this reezon that thouzandz ov prospektiv briedz in Bombay, the
senter ov feemail edyukaishon in India, ar lurning English. Theez studi
the prezent speling az best thai kan for for or fiev yeerz, and, befor thai
ar fifteen, thai ar dragd from the skuul tu the aultar. Heer endz thair
nolej ov English bekauz, trie az thai mai^hai kan not studi the English
speling, kan not reed, riet, or speek bi themselvz, and so luuz hart."

MR. RONALD SWAFFIELD, ov Wimbledon, riets: " I am mieself an interested
member of yur Sosieti, and I think it wil be a splendid muuv when S.S. iz
yunivursali adopted bi aul English-specking raisez. The nyu speling iz so
fenomenali eezi that I, tu huum speling haz aulwaiz been an insyuperabl
difikulti, kan nou riet leterz with plezher and eez. I am at prezent
engaijd in rieting a leter tu the editor ov the paiper belonging tu mi oeld publik
skuul, az I thaut the grait importans ov the subjekt ov S.S. aut tu be urjd upon
aul thair reederz (boeth teecherz, lurnerz, and oeld boiz)." WTe shood liek everi
" oeld boi " tu foloe this ekselent egzaampl.

"Az a kompozitor I hav tu handl the manyuskripts ov parsonz, doktorz,
Yunivursiti profesorz, and at prezent I am aflikted with the ' outporingz ' ov a
number ov yung men hu hav taiken komurshal korsez. Sumthing iz needed tu
enaibl aul theez ' edyukaited ' klaasez tu spel korektli." So riets Mr. T. M.
Purves. We noe whot thai need, but of en when we ofer it tu them thai displai
reluktans bekauz thai ar ignorant ov the histori ov the speling az wel az ignorant
ov the speling itself.

A KORESPONDENT haz sujested that we shood giv a short list ov books which
wood be helpful tu reederz hu ar interested in the English langwij. Boeth
etimoloji and fonetiks hav maid such striedz ov lait yeerz that meni oeld books
ar veri misleeding. The foloing list duz not pretend tu be egzaustiv, but aul the
books menshond thairin ar akyurait and up tu dait.

L. P. Smith, The English Language. London: Williams & Norgate,
Is. net.

O. Jespersen, Growth and Structure of the English Language.
Leipzig : Teubner, 3s. 8d. net.

H. Bradley, The Making of English. London : Macmillan, 4s. 6d.

W. W. Skeat, Primer of English Etymology. Oxford Press, Is. 6d. net.
—Principles of English Etymology. Vol. I, The Native Ele-
ment; Vol. II, The Foreign Element. Oxford Press, 10s. 6d. net
each.

NOETS AND NYUZ. 31

W. Rippmann, The Sounds of Spoken English. London : Dent, Is. 6d.

net. [A nyu edishon, reviezd and enlarjd, with spesimenz transkriebd

and anotaited and a glosari, wil be isyud in Mai at 2s. 6d. net.]
Daniel Jones, The Pronunciation of English. Cambridge Press,

2s. 6d. net.
W. Grant, The Pronunciation of English in Scotland. . Cambridge

Press, 3s. 6d. net.
R. J. Lloyd, Northern English. Leipzig : Teubner, 3s. 3d. net.

NYU MEMBERZ.

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S.E.

Anyual Memberz :

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Misez Emily E. Cleaver, Day Training College, Portsmouth.

A. F. Cossey, Portsmouth High School, Kent Road, Southsea.
S. S. Fairhurst, The Training College, Darlington.
Blanche B. Fuller, The Training College, Darlington.
Bessie M. Gilbert, The Training College, Darlington.
Emily L. Hamblock, Day Training College, Portsmouth.
Freda Hawtrey, The Training College, Darlington.
Hewlitt, The Training College, Swansea.

A. M. K. Hitchcock, Girls' Secondary School, Portsmouth.
Mary F. Jacques, Langwith, Heslington, York.

Elizabeth E. Keppie, State Normal School, Los Angeles, California,

U.S.A.

M. R. Lambourn, 70 Britannia Road, Southsea.
Edith Moore, 504 N.W. 5th Street, Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A.
F. R. Neve, 7 Sussex Road, Southsea.
Constance E. Sandes, 16 Mount Street, Derby.
Dorothy H. Skemp, 73 Bower Road, Sheffield.
M. Spooner, 170 Stanhope Road, South Shields.
Laura Stephenson, The Training College, Darlington.

B. M. Stoner, 47 St. Andrew's Road, Southsea.
Lucy Story, 45 Farror Street, York.

H. G. Thompson, Morland, Chislett Road, West Hampstead, London,
N.W.

M. Sedgwick Ward, 61 Ravensdale Road, Stamford Hill, London, N.

Edith L. White, Day Training College, Portsmouth.

Jessie Wrightson, 32 Elmfield Terrace, Darlington.
Drz. A. Charpentier, 60 High Street, Uxbridge.

Bertram Glover, 12 Rycroft Road, Meols, Birkenhead.
Profz. F. Guiot, 8 Avenue d'Assas, Montpellier, He~rault, France.

Irving King, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, U.S.A.
Mesrz. J. Bredall, 3 Birdhurst Road, Croydon.

A. K. Brown, 152 Renfrew Street, Glasgow.

W. G. Browne, Rodborough Council School, Stroud, Glos.

J. B. Gartner, Tesbury, Meadowfield Rd., Stocksfield, Northumberland.

F. C. Clewlow, 18 Newcombe Road, Handsworth.

Clifford W. Collins, 40 Glamorgan Street, Pimlico, London, S.W.

Thomas Elderkin, 110 Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent.

C. B. Fawcett, Highfield Hall, Southampton.

F. Fisher, H.M. Patent Office, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.

32 THE PIONEER.

Mcsrs. J. K. Fitch, 18 Grove Terrace, Squire's Lane, Church End, Finchley,
London, X.

J. S. Flood, 121 Victoria Road, Kilburn, X.W.

C. G. Freke, 4 Mount Ephraim Lane, Streatham, London, S.W.

T. G. Gilderdale, Eastmans, Southsea.

E. J. Goodfellow, Boys' Secondary School, Southsea.

Alexander Gunner, 91 Park End, Bromley, Kent.

Robert Hart, 23 Devonshire Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill.

V. Helsted, Gl. Strand 46, Copenhagen.

H. B. Hyams, Terval, Paignton, Devon.

Thomas H. Jones, Boys' Secondary School, Victoria Road N., Ports-
mouth.

R. G. R. Knowles, Ermita, Densby Road, Heswall.

Robert Lee, 148 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow.

James A. MacBride, Portavogie, Kircubbin, Co. Down, Ireland.

G. L. Morris, Mayfield, Wainfelin, Pontypool.

Fitzroy Murray, St. Katherine's, Brechin.

J. W. Brady Murray, Moyvore, Kinvara, Co. Galway.

Ramm, Aarhus, Copenhagen.

R. H. Robinson, Brookvale Park, Erdington, Birmingham.

J. Skibsted, Gl. Kingevej, Copenhagen.

W. A. Warren, Morfa, Abernant, Aberdare.

E. R. T. White, The Training College, Darlington.

T. W. Wilson, 6 Riverdale Road, Aigburth, Liverpool.

South Indian Braanch.

Mesrz. Saiyid Abdul Aziun. Mesrz. M. Parameswami Aiyar.

K. Aiyador Aiyangar, B.A. V. S. Ranachandram .

S. Amurthalingaunduliar, B.A. M. Ranaswami Sastri, B.A.

K. Arnudichari. T. B. Ratnachalam, B.A.

G. David, B.A. K. S. Sambanurti Aiyar, B.A.,
S. Gopalan, B.A., L.T. L.T.

S. Gopalaswami. D. Satatespa Naidu.

V. Kalyama Runan. V. Subranamya Aiyar, B.A. , L.T.

V. Krishnamachari.' A. S. Subramania Aiyar.

A. K. Krishnaswami Aiyar, B.A. Perefa Suryanarayara, B.A.

A. Kuppuswami Aiyar. S. Tyngarajapillai.

A. Nagarajan, B.A. T. G. Venkatachur Aiyar, B.A.

BRITISH NAIMZ.

\Y7UNS I luvd a maiden kumli
^ Bi the naim ov Mary Cholmondeley ;
Laiter on mi yuuthful dreemz
Wanderd tu Francesca Wemyss ;
But I gruu in brainz and braun,
Nekst I luvd yung Constance Strachan ;
Yuuthful luv'z a gai deseever,
Suun I turnd tu Olive Belvoir.
Nekst I begd for pashon'z buun
From that byuteus Belle Mohun —
Til I found that kindred soelz
Wer mieself and Anna Knollys !
Kumz a Roland for mi Oliver —
I hav marid Martha Taliaferro !

—"Cleveland Plain Dealer.

PRES KUTINGZ OV THE MUNTH. 33

PRES KUTINGZ OV THE MUNTH.

Jaiiynari.

LETERZ SUPORTING THE MUUVMENT FOR REFORM apeerd in : Aberdeen
Daily Journal, Aberdeen Evening Express, Academy, Belfast Witness,
Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham Weekly Post, Border Standard,
Bristol Times and Mirror, Camberwell and Peckham Times, Church
Family Newspaper, Clapham Observer, Cleckheaton Guardian, Com-
mercial Education, Daily Chronicle, Daily Citizen, Daily Express, Daily
Herald, Daily Mirror, Darlington Echo, Dublin Daily Express, Durham
Chronicle, English Mechanic, Evening Standard, Glasgow Evening
Citizen, Glasgow Herald, Glasgow Evening News, Glasgow Evening
Times, Globe, Guardian, Herts Advertiser, Ipswich Evening Star, Irish
Independent, Irish Times, Kings County Chronicle, Leicester Mail,
Leeds Mercury, Manchester Guardian, Midland Evening News, Mayfair,
Newcastle Chronicle, Newcastle Journal, New Statesman, New Witness,
North Eastern Gazette, Northern Daily Mail, Northern Echo, Northern
Whig, Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham Express, Observer, Ox-
ford Times, Porthcawl News, Schoolmaster, Sheffield Daily Telegraph,
Southampton Times, Standard, Star, Stroud News, Sunday Times,
Surrey Standard, Sussex Daily News, Times, Westminster Weekly
Gazette, Wolverhampton Express and Star, Yorkshire Observer, York-
shire Post, Yorkshire Weekly Post.

VIEKOUNT BRYCE'Z ADRES AT THE LONDON YUNIVURSITI woz kwoeted
in : Athenaeum, Daily Chronicle, Daily Mail, Daily News and Leader,
Daily Telegraph, Eastern Morning News, Glasgow Evening Times,
Irish Independent, Knutsford Guardian, Liverpool Post, Manchester
Courier, Manchester Dispatch. Manchester Guardian, Mayfair, Morning
Advertiser, Nottingham Express, Pitman's Journal, School Government
Chronicle, Standard, Times. Westminster Gazette, Western Morning
News, Yorkshire Post.

REPORTS OF THE S.S.S. MEETING AT THE LONDON YUNIVURSITI on
Janyuari 5 were printed in : Aberdeen Daily Journal, Aberdeen Free Press.
Birmingham Weekly Post, Bournemouth Directory, Bristol Evening
News, Bristol Times, City Press, Clapham Observer, Commercial
Education, Daily Chronicle, Daily Graphic, Daily Telegraph, Darlington
Echo, Derby Express, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Evening
Dispatch, Education, English Mechanic, Enterprise, Evening News,
Evening Standard, Glasgow Evening Citizen, Glasgow Evening Times,
Glasgow Herald, Glasgow News, Glasgow Weekly Herald, Herts
Observer, Hornsey Journal, Huddersfield Examiner, Hull News, Islington
Gazette, Irish Daily Telegraph, Irish News, Leicester Mail. Leicester
Post, Liverpool Echo, London Opinion, Loughborough Herald, Man-
chester Guardian, Monmouthshire Weekly Post, Newcastle Chronicle,
Newcastle Journal, Northern Echo, Northern Daily Telegraph, Northern
Whig, Nottingham Evening Post, Nottinghamshire Guardian, Oldham
Evening Chronicle, Public Opinion, Southern Weekly News, South-
ampton Times, Standard, Sussex Daily News, Times, Western Evening
Herald, Western Free Press, Western Morning News, Western Press,
Westminster Gazette, Yorkshire Evening Post, Yorkshire Post.

SPESHAL ARTIKLZ ON SPELING REFORM ("An Apeel tu Bacon, Shakespeare,
and H. G. Wells," " Baibi Tauk and Skuul Speech," "The Muther Tung,"
" Revizhon ov Speling," " Revieval ov English," " Speling without Teerz ")
apeerd in: Bristol Times and Mirror, Burton Daily Mail, Burton
Observer, Citizen, Darwen News, Dundee Advertiser, Glasgow Evening
Times, Gaytonian, Irish Times. Isle of Man Times, Kentish Mercury.
Leeds Mercury, Mayo News, Northern Herald, Oxford Times, Oxford-
shire Weekly News, Reading Observer. School Guardian, Sheffield
Independent, Smethwick Telephone, Surrey Mirror, Western Mercury.

34 THE PIONEER.

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Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Bourne-
mouth Daily Echo, Birmingham Post, Bristol Times and Mirror, Church
Times, Daily Graphic, Dundee Advertiser, Educational News, Evening
Standard, Glasgow News, Gloucester Chronicle, Guardian, Irish Tele-
graph, Leicester Post, Manchester Evening News, Midland Evening
News. North Eastern Daily Gazette, Northern Weekly Gazette, Notting-
ham Guardian, Pall Mall Gazette, Referee, Sheffield Daily Telegraph,
Sheffield Independent, South Wales Argus, Standard, Times, Universe,
Yorkshire Observer.

" SIMPLIFIED SPELING : A PROETEST," bi Mr. E. B. Osborn, woz printed in
the Morning Post and kwoeted in the Evening News.

EKSTRAKTS FROM "NURSERI RIEMZ AND SIMPL POEMZ" wer kwoeted in :
Aberdeen Free Press, Aberdeen Daily Journal, Birmingham Weekly
Mercury, Bolton Journal, Bradford Daily Argus, Bradford Telegraph,
Daily Express, Daily Graphic, Daily Mirror, Daily News and Leader, Daily
Telegraph, Derby Reporter, Dundee Advertiser, Evening News, Evening
Standard, Glasgow Evening Times, Glasgow Herald, Glasgow News,
Ipswich Evening Star, Liverpool Echo, Manchester Courier, Manchester
Evening Chronicle, Manchester Evening News, Manchester Weekly
Times, Midland Evening News, Newcastle Evening Mail, North-Eastern
Gazette, Nottingham Guardian, Observer, Pdll Mall Gazette, Portsmouth
Evening News, Sheffield Telegraph, South Wales Argus, South Wales
Daily News, Star, Swinton Journal, Westminster Gazette.

SPELING REFORM LEKTYURZ wer reported in : Northern Scot and
School Government Chronicle.

LETERZ OPOEZING SPELING REFORM wer printed in : Evening Standard,
Daily Herald, Glasgow Evening Citizen, Globe, Guardian, New Age, New
Witness, Observer, Oxford Times, Sunday Times.

AN ANOUNSMENT ov THE AUTHORS' CLUB DINER woz maid in : British
and Colonial Printer, Glasgow Herald, Globe, Manchester Guardian.

ARTIKLZ ON THE SOSIETI FOR PYUR ENGLISH apeerd in : Daily Express,
Daily News and Leader, Evening Standard, Manchester Courier,
Newcastle Journal, New Statesman.

THE Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Dundee Advertiser, and Glasgow
Evening Times kwoeted from THE PIONEER for Janyuari ; " Simplified Spel-
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Times, Times, Western Morning News.

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